Items Tagged ‘radiation therapy’

The use of the chemotherapy agent Temodar (temozolomide) following radiation therapy significantly improves time to cancer progression and overall survival among patients with newly diagnosed anaplastic glioma without 1p/19q co-deletions. These results were recently presented at the 2016 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). Anaplastic gliomas are a type of brain […]

The addition of radiation therapy to androgen-deprivation therapy among men with prostate cancer who are at a high risk of a cancer recurrence significantly improves long-term survival. These results were recently published in the journal of European Urology. Prostate cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in men aside from skin cancer. An estimated 220,800 […]

Patients with prostate cancer considering radiation therapy should now be informed that radiotherapy raises the risk of developing a secondary cancer. Prostate cancer patients who undergo radiotherapy raise their risk of getting other cancers by nearly 70 percent, according to the results of a new study. There is a well-documented association between exposure to radiation […]

According to the results of a study recently published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, the addition of radiation treatment to treatment with androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) in older men with locally advanced prostate therapy prolongs survival when compared to treatment with androgen-deprivation therapy alone. The researchers reported that ADT plus radiation reduced cancer deaths by […]

Up to two-thirds of older women with early-stage breast cancer may be receiving radiation therapy that may not provide additional benefit. These findings were recently released online by the journal Cancer.[1] The goal of radiation therapy in early breast cancer is to kill cancer cells that could otherwise remain after therapy and cause a recurrence. Studies […]

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) issued an endorsement of the American Urological Association (AUA)/American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) guidelines on the use of adjuvant and salvage radiotherapy after prostatectomy, which was based on a systematic review of medical literature. The guideline recommends that “physicians discuss the role of radiation therapy with patients […]

According to a recent report published in The Journal of Clinical Oncology, men with advanced prostate cancer involving the lymph nodes may benefit from treatment with radiation in addition to hormonal therapy. Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer (other than skin cancer) in U.S. men. Each year, more than 240,000 men are diagnosed […]

Two small studies presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology annual meeting suggest that children whose mothers undergo chemotherapy or radiation for cancer during pregnancy are not at increased risk for mental development or heart problems. Although previous studies have suggested it is safe to give cancer treatment during pregnancy, some doctors and pregnant […]